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In Amsterdam, a mindfulness training in English will be given 2010. The course is based on MBSR and MBCT training and consists roughly for two-third of MBSR/MBCT mindfulness practice and for one-third of mindful parenting practice.
Amsterdam March through May 2010. Trainers: Prof. Dr. Susan Bögels en dr. Kathleen Restifo
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‘Being mindful’ simply means: being aware of the present experience. We usually get dressed, drink a glass of milk or walk to the bakery in an automatic way, without really noticing it, unaware.
But we can also live in a more conscious way: aware of each and every moment, as it unfolds. Every object or event, when experienced with full attention, comes to life and starts blossoming, clear and sparkling like never before. In full awareness, all experiences deepen.
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Mindfulness is a skill, and new skills and insights are obtained by doing, by practicing rather than learning with the mind.
Every session of the course includes:
- guided awareness and concentration exercises
- physical exercises
- sitting and walking meditations
In addition to that we take time to exchange practicing experiences, thus increasing awareness of our patterns.
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The training of mindfulness doesn’t focus on the changing of problems, but on changing our attitude towards problems.
We can’t change tension or a stressful mood, but mindfulness helps us to look at painful issues from a different point of view. It encourages us to gently move problems out of the focal point of our awareness.
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Mindfulness is the heart of Buddhism. Tradition claims that the Buddha himself spoke the words: ‘Cultivating mindfulness is the highest aim.’
The American Jon Kabat-Zinn is the founder of the mindfulness training as it is now being offered in The Netherlands. He worked at the Academic Hospital of the Massachusetts University, where he noticed that patients who suffered from a chronic disease and couldn’t be treated any longer, had no alternatives left. |
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The intention with this website is to provide up-to-date, unbiased and complete information on mindfulness.
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An effective way to control the stress mechanism is the training of awareness. We become aware of the mind’s tendency to wander off, it's worrying about the past and the future. Then there is a choice.
Either we let automatic and unconscious stress patterns play out, or we chose to be aware of what is actually happening now. While focusing on the present moment, the mind has no time left to worry and so our stress mechanism isn’t triggered continuously anymore.
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Our skill to enjoy life is always there. No person goes without, it’s in everyone of us. But, in order to be able to get to it, we adults need to take a step back from our minds, with its persistent mental activities.
Our mind wanders off constantly, usually to the past or towards to the future. It leads us away from our senses, from here and now. The mind thus creates a barrier to the present moment. |
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In all other situations the mindfulness training program might be the right thing to do, especially when you want to learn how to deal with life’s obstacles in a new way. Participants are expected to be motivated. Practising on a daily basis is an important part of the training and will need to be carried out seriously in order to benefit from the training program. Your motivation will determine the result. |
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Susan Bögels is a registered psychotherapist and professor in developmental psychopathology (Orthopedagogiek) at the University of Amsterdam.
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